Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun novobiocin

1 sense of novobiocin

Sense 1
novobiocin -- (an antibiotic obtained from an actinomycete and used to treat infections by Gram-positive bacteria)
       => antibiotic, antibiotic drug -- (a chemical substance derivable from a mold or bacterium that can kill microorganisms and cure bacterial infections; "when antibiotics were first discovered they were called wonder drugs")